Question

Fill in the blank using the appropriate verb form:
Can you wait for me? It _________ very long.

• A. won't be
  
• B. haven't be
  
• C. aren't be
  
• D. didn't be
  

Answer 1

The correct option is A won't be

The simple future is a verb tense that’s used to talk about things that haven’t happened yet, here, waiting for the speaker. We use the simple future to talk about an action or condition that will begin and end in the future. The formula for the simple future in negative is will + not + [root form of verb], that is, will not be, or, won't be. Hence, Option A is correct.

The rest of the options do not express this condition. They either mention actions that have already happened (options B and D) or actions that are happening in the present (option C).

Hence these options are incorrect.